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Bahrain Claims 4 Suspects, Including a Young Woman, Involved in Al-Muharraq Bombing
2015-05-21
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s prosecution claimed that “police investigations” revealed that four suspects, including one young woman, were involved in the detonation of an explosive device near a mosque in Sheikh Khalifa Al-Kabeer Avenue in Al-Muharraq.
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Bahrain’s PDRC Ignores Jaw Prison Incidents in its Press Conference
2015-05-21
Bahrain Mirror: During a press conference, Chairman of the Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC), Nawaf Al- Moawda, spoke of the commission’s achievements, yet making no mention of Jaw prison, where prisoners are being subject to the worst forms of torture and degrading treatment.
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Bahrain: 52 Peaceful Protests and 34 Arbitral Arrests within the Second Week of May
2015-05-19
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain Human Rights Society said that it had recorded 52 peaceful protests, 34 arbitral arrests and 23 house raids at the hands of the security authorities in Bahrain within the second week of May 2015.
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Bahrain Summons Iranian Charge d'affaires in Protest of Khamenei's Statements
2015-05-19
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Foreign Ministry summoned Sunday (17 May 2015) the Iranian charge d’affaires in protest of recent statements made by Iranian Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Bahrain deemed a blatant interference in its internal affairs, according to BNA.
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The Protests in Bahrain Continue Despite the Clampdown Campaigns
2015-05-19
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini protestors continued to stage protests demanding the end of Al Khalifa’s domination of power, while the authorities intensify the arrest campaigns against the dissent activists.
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The State’s Budget Depends on Oil by 87%
2015-05-19
Bahrain Mirror: The state’s budget for 2015-2016 showed that 87.1% of the revenues will come from oil, reaching 3707 million out of the total revenues amounting to 4254 million Dinars.
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Yousif Al-Muhafdhah: The Murder of Martyr Mushaima was Released under the Royal Pardon
2015-05-19
Bahrain Mirror: Yousif Al-Muhafdhah, the vice president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said (Sunday, May 17, 2015) that the authorities had released the policeman involved in murdering the martyr Ali Mushaima, the first victim of the popular protests that erupted in 14 February 2011.
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What Does the Victory of Tories Mean to Bahrain? “Bahrain Mirror” Interviews 3 Prominent British Political Experts
2015-05-19
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Britain, the Bahraini regime’s key ally, will be under the Conservative party’s rule for five more years. The party achieved an unexpected landslide victory in the parliamentary elections that took place in the United Kingdom last Saturday (May 9th 2015).
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Reuters: Iran's leader vows to protect 'oppressed' people in Bahrain & Yemen
2015-05-18
Reuters: Iran will help oppressed people in the region, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, days after Gulf Arab leaders met U.S. President Barack Obama and expressed concern about Iranian expansionism.
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Norway Calls on to Immediately Release Nabeel Rajab
2015-05-17
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Norwegian authorities call for the release of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, said State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bård Glad Pedersen.
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Amnesty International: The Bahraini Detainee Ahmad Mshaima’ Needs an Urgent Action
2015-05-17
Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International has launched an urgent action to release the prisoner of conscience Ahmad Mshaima’ stating that he may be at risk of further torture and other ill-treatment.
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Amnesty: Nabeel Rajab Jail Sentence Shows that Bahrain is Brazenly Flouting its International Obligations
2015-05-17
Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International said that the verdict issued by a Bahraini court on Thursday sentencing the president of Bahrain Center for Human Right to six months in prison shows that Bahrain is brazenly flouting its international obligations.
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Members of Congress to Obama: Records of Bahrain & Saudi Repression Can Only Damage Our Enduring Regional Interests
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): 45 Members of Congress sent a letter to the US President Barack Obama on Tuesday (May 12,2015), urging him to stand up for human rights in his meetings this week with leaders from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait, which make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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Bahrain Expels a Shiite Cleric and a Shiite Academic from the Country
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court on Thursday (May 14, 2015) ruled that two Shiites be expelled from the country, after stripping them of their citizenships (on January 31, 2015) along with 72 others, who most of them are Shiite dissents.
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US Democratic Party Member: Bahraini King Missed Camp David Summit at the Request of the US
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror: The US Democratic Party Member Mahdi Afifi has stated that the King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa didn’t attend the Camp David Summit upon the request of the United States, in a series of comments he made during an interview with Russia Today, posted on their website.
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The White House Responding to the Absence of Bahraini King from Camp David: We Met The Right People
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Press Office Director, Jeff Rathke, during the State Department’s Daily Press Briefing: “The important thing in this meeting with GCC leaders has been that the right people are in the discussions to carry out these kinds of important security and regional cooperation concerns.”
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Kings of the Gulf and the Camp David Summit: Evading Commitments
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The king of Bahrain, who preferred to attend the annual celebration at Windsor with Britain’s Queen rather than take part in the Camp David Summit, doesn’t really care about Iran or its nuclear issue but found the Saudi dissatisfaction as an opportunity to evade commitments concerning issues related to freedoms and human rights whichBahrain doesn’t want to commit to.
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The MPs Discuss their Privileges: Pension for Supplementary MPs
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror: The Parliament has accepted that his MPs pension reaches 4000 Dinars and it refused the proposed amendments regarding raising the said number.
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Data for those stripped of their Nationalities: Launching a Trial Version of “I am Bahraini” Website
2015-05-15
Bahrain Mirror: I am Bahraini website (www.iambahraini.org) has launched its trial version. This website is concerned in the Bahraini citizens’ cases whom the authorities have revoked their nationalities in the recent years, after the famous protests held in the LuaLua Roundabout.
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Reuters: Bahrain upholds six-month sentence for prominent activist over tweet
2015-05-14
Reuters: An appeals court in Bahrain upheld a six-month jail sentence against prominent dissident Nabeel Rajab on Thursday for a tweet deemed insulting to the kingdom's security establishment, state news agency BNA said.